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In recent news, an elaborate hoax was played on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A man named Andy Nickelbaum, a member of the very accomplished political hoax squad ‘The Yes Men,’ masterminded a spectacularly successful hoax on October 19th, 2009.

As is sadly the case in politics, philosophy and generally any intellectual sphere of human activity, there is a tendency to think of things in extremes. Today we are considering the two widely divergent positions of Democrats and Republicans when it comes to what to do about the high price of oil. Are these extreme…